dimensions variable, duration infinite
wwwwwwwww.jodi.org (1995) is part of JODI’s very first web-based artwork, launched in 1995, in the early days of the World Wide Web.The work is exemplary of JODI’s artistic practice, which is characterized by chaos and non-functional designs that reveal the fundamental characteristics of the net.
The infamous website consists of a maze of pages written in HTML code, full of secrets and dead ends. It gave the internet user a feeling of powerlessness. This was partly caused by the confrontation with the programming language and unexpected effects, which were caused by system errors (so-called ‘glitches’). Instead of utopian thoughts, in which the digital revolution would bring about new forms of transparency, JODI showed how the web could lead to uncontrollable chaos, miscommunication and confusion.